Gas grills are easy, convenient, and clean. But the challenge, for new owners and even for seasoned vets, is to infuse the robust, soulful flavor of charcoal-grilled food, or, ideally, of smoke-cooked barbecue, into meals cooked on a gas grill. In 25 Essentials: Techniques for Gas Grilling, A. Cort Sinnes, author of the bestselling The New Gas Grill Gourmet, shows how to do just that. Built around 25 techniques, each exemplified with a tempting recipe and a handsome color photo, this is a competitively priced, gift-appropriate title, sure to improve the backyard cooking skills of any gas-grill owner. Front matter addresses how to choose, maintain, accessorize, and use a gas grill, and the 25 recipes cover beef, lamb, pork, chicken, fish, and vegetarian options. The techniques include foil-packet grilling, how to grill delicate fish, grilling sliced vegetables, and 22 more.

A. Cort Sinnes, "the King of the Gas Grill", is an award-winning author of more than 20 books including the Grilling Book, The New Gas Grill Gourmet, and the Grilling Encyclopedia. He also contributes to Fine Cooking and Cook's Illustrated. Sinnes lives in Napa, California.